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- ↑ Assembly Race Poses Another Test for Queens Machine by Samar Khurshid, in the Gotham Gazette on July 17, 2018
- ↑ Espinal wins special election for Moya’s Assembly seat by Bill Parry, at qns.com on April 26, 2018
- ↑ Cruz defeats Espinal, Sosa in primary race by Carlotta Mohamed, at qns.com on September 13, 2018
- ↑ Assembly election results at NYS Board of elections
- ↑ "Assemblywoman Ari Espinal adopted someone twice her age".